The bear went over the mountain

Abstract

Genealogy and social history of a Southern U.S. family; the story of the Native American / English Yates family, from colonial Virginia to twentieth-century Florida, with sketches of pioneer life and traditional stories, including an account of James and Elisabeth Yates of Heard County, Georgia, together with an appendix about southern language, numerous photographs, charts and illustrations, not without an index, viz. of persons of the surname Bondurant / Bundren, Cooper, Denn(e)y, Fawcett / Fossett, Gates, Goble, Graben, Kimball / Kimble / Kimbrell / Kimbrough, Kitchens, McDonald, Mitchell, Redwine, Shankles, and Yates / Yeat(e)s of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North & South Carolina, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.